Most interior designers come to the work through aesthetics. Jacqui came to it through business.
She built Accents by Design on a dual foundation — design and business strategy — and that combination is why the firm's work performs rather than just impresses. Before a single material is chosen, the questions are business questions: Who uses this space? How do they move through it? What does the client need it to achieve? The design follows from the answers. Beauty is the outcome of getting them right.
That instinct didn't come from design school alone. Jacqui founded the original Accents by Design in the Washington, DC area, then spent years working across industries repositioning businesses that had become commodities — companies misaligned with what their clients actually needed and where their markets were heading. She learned to diagnose the real problem beneath the stated one, then build toward it.
She brings that same diagnostic eye to interiors. The most valuable thing she does in a first meeting isn't sketching — it's asking the questions that surface what a client can't quite put into words, the needs a space has to meet before anyone talks about how it looks.
How She Works
Jacqui leads every engagement personally, from first concept to final installation — but she doesn't work alone. Behind each project is a team: junior designers who carry the work forward and a technical specialist who ensures the integrity of the drawings and documentation. What clients get is the best of both — a principal who stays personally involved in the decisions that matter, backed by the capacity and technical discipline to execute well.
She works alongside the architects, general contractors, and project teams already in the room, so the interiors scope is handled by people who've been part of the project from the start and see it through delivery.
Our Select Client List
From a nationally affiliated private club to corporate offices across the country, organizations have trusted Accents by Design with the spaces their members, employees, and guests experience every day.
Private Clubs & Golf Communities
ClubCorp · Tower Club of Tysons · Reston National Golf Club · Hidden Creek Country Club
Corporate & Office
Sourcefire · Custom Ink · American College of Radiology · Everis · NETE · Nuclear Power Institute · Shugoll Research · Odin Feldman Pittleman · ServRight · ESC
Multifamily & Community
Naples Square · Midtown Reston Town Center · Skyline Square
Sustainable Design
Walker Nature House — LEED Gold Certified
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